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2026.03.12 Telinga Modular in stock from Stith Recording (USA) & JAMA (FR) & Lintuvaruste (FI) & Veldshop (EU). Find more distributors in your area.
2025.06.30 Telinga SoundCloud For customer Telinga sound files and examples please visit the official Telinga Soundcloud
2025.06.30 Secret World of Sound If you haven't seen it yet, we highly recommend this Netflix Series (we are proudly part of) where nature sound takes the front seat together with Sir David Attenborough, Chris Watson and Yiannis Spanos.
2024.12.31 Wildlife Sound Recording Society Winner Chris Hails We say a big congratulations to Chris Hails who won last years Wildlife Sound Recording Society competition (1st class individual species) with the Conversation With A Cape Crow using a Telinga PRO-X parabolic microphone.
2024.08.12 Field Recording For Beginners (eBook) By Jared Blake. Read and learn about different microphones, techniques, shock mounts, noise levels and much more. Visit Acousticnature.com where you can find a free 18 page preview too!
2023.08.10 Wolves Of Sweden Mats Bentmar is one of the leading experts when it comes to wild wolves in Sweden. His "Howling and barking wolf" won the WSRS individual class, in this soundcloud link Mats shares the story and sound of a spectacular encounter using a Telinga.
2022.04.08 Telinga Modular & Wildlife Acoustics Our friends at Biotope in France found out a great way to pair the Telinga Modular with a Wildlife Acoustics SM-4 Song Meter Device. Have a look & Biotope website.
2020.03.06 Audio recording tips by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This is a great step to step guide for starting up or learning how to record or monitor birds with a Telinga or shotgun microphone
2019.08.28 Exploring Soundscapes Scientists use specialized equipment to record and listen to nature and soundscapes. Studying the diversity and patterns of sound can help us better understand how species diversity varies among places and over time. By National Park Service California USA
2019.07.21 Telinga Stereo MK3 upgrade offer. The Stereo MK3 microphone is the latest version of the famous STEREO-DAT that was released in it's first version in the 1980's! The Stereo MK3 mic basically is everything we have learned since then, both in regards to sound and durability, and will be available to order soon. If you already own a STEREO-DAT mic or the MK2 version (not older then 5 years) you can apply for an upgrade (at shipping cost only) by contacting us.
2018.11.08 Lang Elliot Backyard Bird Walk Podcast - With only 6 degrees (C) currently in Sweden, spring isn't exactly around the corner! This podcast from April this year featuring 26 (!) species recorded in USA with a Telinga parabolic mic is a warm reminder of what is to come, sooner or later! https://soundcloud.com/musicofnature/backyard-bird-walk-podcast & https://musicofnature.com/
Links
13 Years In The Field with a Telinga http://blogbirder.blogspot.com/2023/05/telinga-parabola-review-13-years-in.html
Join the Wildlife Sound Recording Society (WSRS) -https://www.wildlife-sound.org
Mindful Audio George Vlad (founder) and professional sound recordist based in U.K with a vast expertise in all things nature and sound.
Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group https://awsrg.org.au/
Birds in flight an excellent audiovisual ID guide by Mathias Putze & Patrick Franke in Germany with a vast collection of Telinga recordings http://birds-in-flight.net
Using Telinga´s for SFX - Tim Nielsen (Skywalker Sound) - on microphone addiction: http://designingsound.org/2011/08/tim-nielsen-special-on-microphone-addiction/
Universal Kit Review Want to use your own microphone in a Telinga parabola? This is a great review of the Telinga Universal parabolic dish by Tim Prebble, Sound Designer extraordinaire.
Stereo with a parabola? As a reference this is an article presented by the Journal of Audio Engineering Society available from AES - which is directly connected to the basic principles behind our own Stereo parabolas.
Lang Elliots own Musicofnature.com http://musicofnature.com/about/bio/
The Anti-Antisocial Field Recording Method Highly recommended. By AVOSOUND.
Soundscape of a City Using a Telinga and a speaker for soundscapes: http://thedomesticsoundscape.com/wordpress/?p=2860 By Pierre Laurent Cassiere. Video link: https://vimeo.com/12229158
